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Radcliff-Elizabethtown MPO collecting feedback on Public Involvement Plan update

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Public comments are still being accepted on the latest update to the Radcliff-Elizabethtown Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Public Involvement Plan.

Radcliff-Elizabethtown MPO Coordinator Jake Zimmerer says a Public Involvement Plan update is required every four years.

“It’s just a brief and not super long, but not super short, plan of what all of our efforts are going to be to involve the public in the transportation planning process over the next four years,” Zimmerer said.

The public comments period on the plan update is open until June 30.

“We’re hoping to just let anyone and everyone look over the plan and say if what we’re doing is adequate,” Zimmerer said. “Are we actually able to reach out with you? Do you have any recommendations for additional stuff we could do to keep the public involved in the process? Any feedback from essentially anyone in our region is helpful and we’ll try to incorporate it into the plan.”

After reviewing the update at www.radcliff-elizabethtown-mpo.org, interested participants can send their comments to Zimmerer.

“All they have to do is email me, jake@ltadd.org, with recommendations and comments, and I’ll work it in any way I can,” Zimmerer said.

A link to the update can also be found on the Radcliff-Elizabethtown Metropolitan Planning Organization Facebook page.

Trials for Houck and Lawson set to begin next week

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The trials of the next two suspects charged in the Crystal Rogers investigation will begin next week at the Warren County Justice Center in Bowling Green.

Brooks Houck, who was dating Rogers at the time of her disappearance, was arrested on September 27, 2023 on two charges: one for Murder and one for Tampering with Physical Evidence. The Murder count in Houck’s indictment reads that on July 3 and/or on July 4, 2015, in Nelson County Houck “acting alone or in complicity with another, committed the offense of Murder by intentionally or under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to human life wantonly causing the death of Crystal Rogers.”

Houck’s arrest came about three weeks after the arrest of Joseph Lawson, who is charged with Conspiracy to Commit Murder and Tampering with Physical Evidence as part of the investigation. Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III ordered for Houck and Lawson’s trials to be consolidated in November of 2024. The trial date of June 24 was also set that November.

The trials come about four weeks after a jury in Warren County found Lawson’s father Steven Lawson guilty of Conspiracy to Commit Murder and Tampering with Physical Evidence. Steven Lawson’s trial was separated from the other two suspects due to concerns with the use of Lawson’s grand jury testimony as evidence in his case creating undue prejudice against Joseph Lawson and Houck.

Crystal Rogers was last seen on July 3, 2015.

17-year-old dead after crash in LaRue County

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The Kentucky State Police is investigating a fatal collision that occurred in LaRue County Saturday.

According to KSP Post Four, at approximately 12:20 p.m. on June 14 the LaRue County Sheriff’s office requested the KSP investigate a single-vehicle collision near the 9000 block of KY 210.

The KSP says the preliminary investigation indicates that a 17-year-old from Campbellsville was operating a vehicle going east on KY 210 when for unknown reasons the vehicle exited the roadway, struck a guardrail, and overturned several times.

The 17-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene by the LaRue County Coroner’s Office. An adult and two juvenile passengers were transported to Taylor Regional Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

The KSP says the affected portion of KY 210 was closed for several hours for accident reconstruction. The investigation of the collision remains ongoing.

Hardin County tourism industry sees more growth in 2024

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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced last week that the state’s tourism industry saw a record year in 2024, generating $14.3 billion in economic impact.

Elizabethtown Tourism and Convention Bureau Executive Director Janna Clark says 2024 was also a banner year for tourism in Hardin County, with numbers up four percent from the year prior.

“It represents $371 million, and probably the more important numbers are to consider that in Hardin County, tourism and hospitality supports 2,623 jobs, which is an incredible industry for our community,” Clark said.

A joint release from the E-Town and Radcliff/Fort Knox tourism offices says that tourism generated $29.7 million in tax revenue and $76.4 million in labor income for Hardin County in 2024.

Clark says the area is in “a total growth mode”, which tourism helps put on display.

“I think we’re seeing that, as people are continuing to visit our community to experience what we have to offer and also maybe put their eyeballs on our community to see if they might want to relocate here,” Clark said.

With projects such as the Buffalo Lake outdoor music venue on the horizon, Clark says tourism is not just about bringing visitors to the area.

“It’s about supporting our local businesses,” Clark said. “It’s about adding to the experiences that people have in our community, and I think there’s a role to play for everyone in our community, whether it is inviting your friends or relatives to come visit you, or to just be a friendly face when our visitors come to town.”

Visit www.kentuckytourism.com for more information on 2024 tourism numbers.

Governor reminds residents to be wary of ongoing KYTC text scam

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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear reminded residents during his Team Kentucky Update Thursday to be aware of an ongoing scam attempt in which the scammers are posing as the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.

“Recent scam texts have warned folks about unpaid traffic tickets or violations, and threatened to suspend driving privileges or actions if they don’t pay,” Beshear said. “Do not click on any of these texts. Don’t click on any of the links. Even if you see KY or gov in the links, they are fraudulent.”

The KYTC does not collect traffic ticket fees and does not notify customers of violations. 

“Also, be on alert for texts with odd misspellings or references to the DMV or DOT, which are not the official names we use in the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet or our driver’s licensing regional offices,” Beshear said.

The governor said the state is taking action to take down fraudulent websites. Scams may be reported to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.Ic3.gov as well as to the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office at ag.ky.gov.